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Card 26

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What is detrtital geochronology?

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Card 27

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How does dendrochronology work?

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Card 28

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How do the seasons affect sedimentation in lakes and seas?

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Card 29

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What happens to ice layers due to seasonal changes?

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Card 30

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How do the seasons affect coral polyps and shell-growing organisms?

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Card 31

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How might chemically precipitated rocks e.g Travertine show seasonal changes?

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Card 32

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What is magnetostratigraphy?

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Card 33

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What is fission-track dating?

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Card 34

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Why did Kelvin calculate the inaccurate age of the Earth at 20 million years old?

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